A New Concept in Above-Knee Socket Design
Figure 1 During the 1940s and 1950s, the most common type of socket for the above-knee amputee in the United...
From the Editor
Despite the continued uncertainty about what will happen on the Hill on competitive bidding and what will come out of...
Retail Sales: Is There a Place in Your Business?
You have probably asked yourself or your staff questions like these: Should we get more aggressively into shoes? Should our...
Medicare Therapeutic Shoe Bill: A Synopsis
The Medicare Therapeutic Shoe Bill was enacted by Congress in order to provide proper footwear and inserts for people with...
Talk Before You Sweep!
Welcome to the first installment in a series of articles presenting real-world solutions to production problems in the O&P fabrication...
Billing: Keep Your Eye on the Ball!
Last month, I recounted a story of the discovery of a file cabinet with over $800,000 worth of unsubmitted claims....
Fred “Kurt” Pauloz, CP
Ortho Pro Associates Plantation, Florida How long have you been involved with O&P? Eleven years now. I got involved after...
Big Hearts Help Chilean Amputee
Eddy Leopoldo Fuentes, CPO, protects the liners on Waldo's residual limb with clear plastic film before casting. Fuentes used fiberglass...
Pedorthics: Both Art and Science
Conversations at cocktail parties usually follow a standard line of questioning. Living in Manhattan affords me the opportunity to participate...
Retail Sales Case Study
How do the concepts discussed in the feature article apply to an actual O&P company? This Case Study provides a...
